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Jean-François Chastang

Jean-François Chastang

D-Index & Metrics

Social Sciences and Humanities

D-Index
53
Citations
10037
World Ranking
2316
National Ranking
26

Jean-François Chastang publication distribution in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Jean-François Chastang sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 171 publications — 52nd percentile

52% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 570 publications or more.

Jean-François Chastang D-index placement in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Social Sciences and Humanities scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Jean-François Chastang sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 100+

This scientist: 53 D-Index — 72nd percentile

72% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 100 D-Index or more.

Overview

Jean-François Chastang is affiliated with Grenoble Alpes University in France, focusing primarily on health professions. Their work spans various subfields including general health professions, epidemiology, social psychology, radiological and ultrasound technology, and demography.

Their research topics emphasize workplace health and well-being, employment and welfare studies, healthcare systems and public health, stress and burnout research, occupational health and safety research, retirement, disability and employment, as well as human health and disease.

Chastang's recent publications include:

  • Update of the fractions of cardiovascular diseases and mental disorders attributable to psychosocial work factors in Europe (2021), published in International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health
  • Working conditions and depression in the French national working population: Results from the SUMER study (2020), published in Journal of Psychiatric Research
  • Psychosocial work exposures of the job strain model and cardiovascular mortality in France: results from the STRESSJEM prospective study (2020), published in Scandinavian Journal of Work Environment & Health
  • Psychosocial work exposures and suicide ideation: a study of multiple exposures using the French national working conditions survey (2020), published in BMC Public Health
  • Associations of multiple occupational exposures with major depressive and generalized anxiety disorders: Findings from the French National Working Conditions Survey (2020), published in Depression and Anxiety

They frequently collaborate with several co-authors, including:

  • Isabelle Niedhammer
  • Sandrine Bertrais
  • Hélène Sultan-Taïeb
  • B. Geoffroy-Perez
  • Thomas Coutrot

Their work is often published in venues such as Poster presentations, International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health, Journal of Psychiatric Research, BMC Public Health, and Depression and Anxiety.

Best Publications

  • Job strain as a risk factor for clinical depression: systematic review and meta-analysis with additional individual participant data

    Ida E. H. Madsen;S. T. Nyberg;L. L. Magnusson Hanson;J. E. Ferrie

  • Validation of Horne and Ostberg Morningness-Eveningness Questionnaire in a Middle-Aged Population of French Workers

    Jacques Taillard;Pierre Philip;Jean-François Chastang;Bernard Bioulac

  • Social Integration and Mortality: A Prospective Study of French Employees of Electricity of France–Gas of France The GAZEL Cohort

    Lisa F. Berkman;Maria Melchior;Jean-François Chastang;Isabelle Niedhammer

  • Validity of Nordic-style questionnaires in the surveillance of upper-limb work-related musculoskeletal disorders.

    Alexis Descatha;Yves Roquelaure;Jean Francois Chastang;Bradley A Evanoff

  • Cohort profile: the GAZEL Cohort Study

    Marcel Goldberg;Annette Leclerc;Sébastien Bonenfant;Jean François Chastang

  • Food insecurity and children's mental health: a prospective birth cohort study

    Maria Melchior;Jean-François Chastang;Bruno Falissard;Cédric Galéra

  • Upper-limb disorders in repetitive work

    Annette Leclerc;Marie-France Landre;Jean-François Chastang;Isabelle Niedhammer

  • Psychosocial work factors and sickness absence in 31 countries in Europe

    Isabelle Niedhammer;Jean-François Chastang;Hélène Sultan-Taïeb;Greet Vermeylen

  • Socioeconomic, Demographic, Occupational, and Health Factors Associated with Participation in a Long-term Epidemiologic Survey: A Prospective Study of the French GAZEL Cohort and Its Target Population

    Marcel Goldberg;Jean François Chastang;Annette Leclerc;Marie Zins

  • Importance of psychosocial work factors on general health outcomes in the national French SUMER survey.

    Isabelle Niedhammer;Jean-François Chastang;Simone David

  • [Psychometric properties of the French version of Karasek's "Job Content Questionnaire" and its scales measuring psychological pressures, decisional latitude and social support: the results of the SUMER].

    Isabelle Niedhammer;Jean-François Chastang;Laura Gendrey;Simone David

  • Psychosocial working conditions and psychological well-being among employees in 34 European countries

    Stefanie Schütte;Jean-François Chastang;Lucile Malard;Agnès Parent-Thirion

  • Psychosocial work environment and mental health : Job-strain and effort-reward imbalance models in a context of major organizational changes

    Isabelle Niedhammer;Jean-François Chastang;Simone David;Lina Barouhiel

  • The contribution of occupational factors to social inequalities in health: findings from the national French SUMER survey.

    Isabelle Niedhammer;Jean-François Chastang;Simone David;Cecily Kelleher

  • Childhood and adolescent hyperactivity-inattention symptoms and academic achievement 8 years later: the GAZEL Youth study.

    Cédric Galéra;Maria Melchior;Jean-François Chastang;Manuel-Pierre Bouvard

  • Incidence of ulnar nerve entrapment at the elbow in repetitive work

    Alexis Descatha;Annette Leclerc;Jean-François Chastang;Yves Roquelaure

  • Socioeconomic Position, Health, and Possible Explanations: A Tale of Two Cohorts

    R. Fuhrer;M. J. Shipley;J. F. Chastang;A. Schmaus

  • Medial epicondylitis in occupational settings: prevalence, incidence and associated risk factors

    Alexis Descatha;Annette Leclerc;Jean-François Chastang;Yves Roquelaure

  • Is self-reported morbidity related to the circadian clock?

    Jacques Taillard;Pierre Philip;Jean-François Chastang;Konstanze Diefenbach

  • Why are manual workers at high risk of upper limb disorders? The role of physical work factors in a random sample of workers in France (the Pays de la Loire study)

    Maria Melchior;Yves Roquelaure;Bradley Evanoff;Jean-Francois Chastang

  • Type A Behavior Pattern, Risky Driving Behaviors, and Serious Road Traffic Accidents: A Prospective Study of the GAZEL Cohort

    Hermann Nabi;Silla M. Consoli;Jean-Franc xois Chastang;Mireille Chiron

Frequent Co-Authors

Anthony D. LaMontagne
Anthony D. LaMontagne Deakin University
Allison Milner
Allison Milner University of Melbourne
Emmanuel Lagarde
Emmanuel Lagarde University of Bordeaux
Richard E. Tremblay
Richard E. Tremblay University of Montreal
Sylvana M. Côté
Sylvana M. Côté University of Montreal
Michel Boivin
Michel Boivin Université Laval
Lisa F. Berkman
Lisa F. Berkman Harvard University

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